4.4% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hawthorn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hawthorn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults in Hawthorn are working or looking for work compared to the national figure. While 64.6% of adults are active in the labour force, full-time employment is well below the Australian average at 54.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More people here are working or looking for work than in most areas, though the unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is a little below the South Australian figure.
64.6% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry, employing 21.9% of the workforce, followed by professional and technical roles at 12.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward high-skill roles, with professionals making up 39% of jobs and managers accounting for 17%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Hawthorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40574/hawthorn/topic/employment